The Sun. — London, England, 1808-09-07 00:00:00

NAVAL NE 'W s. From the LONDON GLZETTE, Sept. 6. Admiralty-Odice, Sept. 6, Isos. C °l 3 ) , of a Letter from Vice Admiral Whitshed, Commande r In thief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels on the Coast of Ireland, to the lion. W. W. Pole, dated on board his Majesty's Ship Trent, Cork Harbour, Sept. s. SIR, ` I transmit herewith the. Copy of a Letter *hiCh this day received from Captain Upton, of his Ma jesty's ship Sybille, dated at Sea, the 16th ult. stat ing the capture of the French Brig Corvette L'Es- Pegie, of 16 guns, and 86 , men, which I request You will be pleased to lay before the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, and acquaint their Lord- SLips that L'Espiegle arrived yesterday evening. I have the honour .to be, &c. - (Signed) J. H. WHITSHED: His Majesty's Ship Sybille, at Sea, Aug. t 6, 030'8. SIR, s thtive the satisfa6tion of announcing to yon the capture of the French Brig Corvette L'Espieo,' of 16 guns and 85 men, commanded: by Monsieur CapiTaine de Fregate, six days- from -VOrteitt, with secret orders. La Diligente, a Ship eotvetie, of LB guns, etreded her escape from La Sybille, by separating trom the Espiegle at the close of day. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) C. UPTON. Vito Admiral Whitetail, &c. &c. &c. Cork. POE T6MOUTH, SEPT. 6.—Arrived this day the Goshawk Brig, Capt. INNks, and the Defender Gun brig, Lieut. PLOWMAN, from a cruize. La Gloire Frigate has detained and sent into this tort the Ship Exchange, of New , YOrk, LEDET 111. aster, from Guadaloupe, bound to London, with sugar. PLYMOUTH, SEPT, 5. Arrived the American Ship Freedom,Yri, from Barcelona, laden with Wine, ' s ound to thii Pori, for orders ; the Schooner Diana"; Wiyt.y; from Gotteuburgh, bound to Madeira, laden with iron and deals, put In hbre to rent,-being very .Arrived the Ne*ne, of 98 guns, and Poinge, of eci guns, from TOrbay; to fit for foreign service. Arriied the American Ship Gosport, Deztitiiixt, roni London, to load for Malta and Trieste; the peean, ELLittsi ; and Flora, HAY ; both from ctuebec, with masts for the dock-yard; the two latti• came under convoy of the Nernesii Frigate; *Nell ship, with some other vessels, mast-laden, are gone up thalinel 'for Portsmouth, after seven weeks passage. Arrived the Eneeninter. Gun-brig, from a crUize '11 (,! Helena Sloop oi"Var, from Ireland. the Swallow Sloop (4 War, with seven light transports under convoy, for for the pur pose of bringing over 2,006 Spanish sheep. ailed the Enkavour Armed Ship, with a convoy for Wales. . . AIitIVIOUTH, SEL T . 6.—Arrived this morning the . .11/luvittito Sloop of War, with intelligence that' he Russian Fleet, of 1 I Sail of the . Line ; were off Stock liolin. It was not then known wheie Sir J'AMES Sts:LAREZ was with his Squadron. She also brings intelligenc4 that the Spanish-Troops had arrived at ottenburgh. SIiEERNES; SEPT. Majesty's Ship Cdmil la, 91 24 guns, was:this day taken into' Datk.. Captain MENDS, has succeeded Sir CiIARLES taISBANi the command of the Arethusa ; and' bas commissioned the Onyx, a new Brig, fitted at thki - DEAL, SEtT. 6 .:-ZArriveci this morning hii Ma 3sly's Ship Nemesis, from Quebec, with a convoy ; they . sailed on the 17th of July, and the nett day spoke'his Majesty's Ship 474 ilia, with a convoy from Portsthoutha in the River St. Lawrence. The following is an Extra& of a Lette; from a British Officer, dated in the. Great Belt, Aug. tg \ye had scareelj anchored here, when the Joined with the account of the Rtissinn fleet being at sea, arid at two this morning 1.40 rd SomEE TON arrived in the SWem, from the King of SWEDEN, 'with the same itiformition. We ate therefore mus tering all the Squadron we can to return to the Bal tic,. . and shall leave Admirth KEAts with' the firunsivid. and Ect i srar in charge' of the troops. The. Atissi4n Fleet =lslas of eleVen Sail of the I T .ine, and eve shall muster nine. BERNADoTTE is said tti be to Futien tlith 000 troops, perhaps with the view of 4ttaking the Spaniards in Langeland. There are tw o ikegiMents of Spanish infantry in Zealand, which, it is feared, will pot be got off; but they have Paid d own th e i r arms; and determined not to fight a ! gainst the British. There .is also,otte Regiment of Cavalry left in Jutland, which was too . far off to get clear. Our quarter-deck is full of Spaniards, and, as you may suppose,' they are in high spirits." Extra& of a Letter dated . Charleston, Jurie ;ICY:— " The foll ow i ng fat will give you tom e idea of the strange climate of SoUth Carolina :—A* few days since, I think about the 65th of May, the fore part of the day, say t o three o'clock, had been exceeding hot, the thermometer 82 in the shade • when all at once the sky darkened, and a very heavy ariall from the north-west brought the severest hail shower. I ever witnessed ; every particle that fell in' my view was as big as good large marbles, and I have since heard', the size of some that fell in .thecountry much exceeded these. Great mischief has,been done to 'the crops." • On Saturday there were landed at Mill Bay, Ply mouth, and concluded to prison, from _the Hindostan, from off Lisbon, 140 French soldiers, taken in the forts at Oporto. They are fine luting rneu„ and are ad of then Swigs conscripts. • , j~©L7. i~V ll~~s fURTNift iIIcTICULLAs RtsPEtTIWO !KZ iAiiistrsikr IN PoltruGAL. In the battle of the ' Ist, the FrLich.had in the field A .- Out 15,206 men, of which 1200 were Ca valry : this hitter force by no trieattadi,tinguished it self, not having once come to a charge in the course of the day ; but its position and numbers were for• rnidable, and it contributed tà keep a considerable body of the British troops in check,, occupied by watching its movements. Their linifdrM *as green. The boasted French artillery on this day was served in every respe& far inferiorly lo . that:of the English. Indeed it is impossible to convey an idea of the precision witlf which the latter was dire6ted, and the execution it made in the ranks of the enemy. The Shrapnell Shells (so called from their inventor, Colonel StiItArNELL, of the artillery) in particular made dreadful havoC among the ranks of the French. '.They contain about 100 musket bullets, and are cal ,culated to explode at given distances, on which they instantly spread death and devastation around. deed so much were the French 'dismayed at the ef leas of this novel instrument of war, that many of the grenadiers, who were made prisoners, declared that they could not stand it, and were literally taken lying down on the grOund, or under cover of bushes and the high banks of some ditches in the field . of battle. The honour of , the French Military Chargier 1 was,. however, for some time nobly supported by its Infantry. Their order of attack was •m column, a mode of warfare which they have hitherto success fully praised against the Austrian and other troops of the Continent. On this occasion, however, it entirely tailed. So far fron attaining the object of this manceuvre, that of penetrating the English line, and taking it then in flank to the right and left, they nevee approached near enough fOr the British bayonet to act, th'at their heads of columns were not invariably broken, and the whole thrown-into con- Wha't alsd- contributed materially ro their defeat was the scientific 'manner in which the torn madder in Chief met this' species of attack.' The French army advanced in three largecolumni'; in such a manner as to bring them all to bear upon the British:left and centre. Invariably as each ad vanced, i vanced, independently of the resistance it met n the front, it was taken on each Sank try the tire of corpt' advanced for that purpose, by a small epange in their pagition by which means they lost a prising number of men before they could put it to the issue of the bayonet. In no case did the French' come to the resort of this latter weapon, that they were not itistantly broken, not standing its push an instant. The advance of the enemy to the.`aqack was petuous, and even furious. As they approached, they saluted the English with every opprobrious epi thet in which their language is so eminently fertile. While, on the contrary, the latter, in derision, cheered them as they approached. Their dress was Singular : it was blue, with white facings ; over the whole of which was worn a White woollen sovtout, somewhat like a waggoner's smoek-frcck ; their caps square, like those of the Huhlans ; and goat-skin knapsacks. Their musquev i ry, was throughout for midable; partictilarly that of two Swiss regiments in their service, who behaved most gallantly. Their voltigeurs were, upon the whole, good, but far infe rior in activity and real service to the English rifle, men. Bel Ore the action General JUNOT harangued his army in the following iaconic address French men, there is the sea ; you must drive those Eng lish. into it." in fact, they did their utmost 'for nearly three hours and a half to obey his orders, but never during that time made the smallest im pression on the English line, although they repeat edly rallied, and tried every thing which could be elt-Cted by rapidity of movement and pertinacity of attack : at length, Wearied out and beaten, they were forced to give wdy in every dire&ion, and were pursued off the field of battle by the British infantry for three . miles. The ,proportion of forces in the field was greatly in favour of the English ; not so of those who were aaually engaged. - Of the latter, not above nine thousand were brought to adlion, whilst every man of the French told. When the French retreated, General HILL'S wing, which formed the second line of the British Army, and were destined to receive the French had they penetrated the first, had not fired a gun, were quite fresh; and might have been led in pursuit of the enemy immediately, had it been deemed right so to have done. In short, the battle of Vimiers was decided by superior Generalship in the Leader, and superior braVeiji in the Soldier—every manoeuvre was frac tiged in it which . could arise out of the combined and various movements of attack and defence—repewed change of position occurred on both sides, and the palm of victory was at length the prize of hid who best deserved to wear it, after a long and arduous contest of nearly four hours. , In considering the relatiVe merit of the Privates of the French Army with those of their Leaders, the Credit must clearly be given to the former, for cur ing the battle no distinguishing ntil of valour Quid with justice be ascribed to the Officer; while the soldier, generally speaking, ailed with marked gal lantry and courage. An instance of the determined spirit with which the individuals of both nations fought, may be colleded from the following circum stance, which we vouch for as stri&ly true :—ln skirmishing, one of the English riflemen, and a awl tigeur of the French army, having levelled at each other, both shots took effea, and both were extended on' the ground. In this position, desperately wound ed, they contrived to screw on their bayonets, and, crawling towards each other, continued to fight un til the Englishman drove his weapon through the body of his antagonist ! After the battle was at an end, the national feel ing and humanity of Britons was greatly distinguish able. Ori every side was to be seen the Conquerors running with wafer to their late antagonists ; giving every comfort in 'their power to the dying foe, who l'ay in heaps on the field of battle; or conveying , the wounded French to their own hospitals,!—This noble condu& was so conspicuous as to extort a re-. ludant tribute of praise, from General KELLEHMAN; who arrived at the British 'Head-quarters at Ma beira on the 22d,with a Flag of Truce, and who heard enough frorri his countrymen, then prisoners in the Camp, to convince him that the French had to deal with an enemy to the full as generous - as he hanself had fuumi theist brave crhesg.: men.- \,*ire- :up .4 I.loe Porittuese .to •the , •English 'Pn3vost ; - hist were released without punishment; in Consequence bf:the deportment . .of the corps 'to which they be , . 190ged: In presence tif.thewhole.army, viva thanked them fair theit . -tiniform gaiLinty:on. and restored then these. men . without:pu.i nishment, as the beM, reWard he mild bestbytf Upon . .1, - -55.,,,.7.; - e .`.. ----- e --- 7 — '7 - : -.,..,. ,1 , - rjfi ••••• -.. .0': , lt '*l#6optAttig the italiai dei l Orair, engaged bh that. day, .a . feW, words May nat. be nuinterestings• or th e persariatebodda of hitsar, who sconintaeded - at:the battle of Vitnierae little is known: ,'•The.captured' Officers .and even those ofshigh rank;, spoke very slightly, and_ even' with reprobation, Of • his. Man- Muvres. during the aaion. IndiViduatly; lioviduer, their language was high.lispeCtful iowarris'hiM ; he was always f` the Duke ;" and the system of equality, in the armies at least•of _France; seems to be utterly abhorrent to. the reigning .pritaice. :The vessel „which carried hcitne Captain (now Major) Pmereau., btought• letters. froth JUN.OT and M . CAMBIE, his Secretary, to be forwarded to their respective. Ladies the first opportunity.. - . .. • , General LotsON is. as little spoken of; he has; however; the reputation of being an able man. ::•;. General LABORDE distinguished himself at' Rits leia on the 17th, When the mountain passes were so ably contested with the English. His reputation is that of an experienced Officer, but he bears a most ferocious character. ' -" . General Bit ENIERE was also . distinguished at 04 affair of Roleia; He thrice led the attack which proVed so destru6tive to the 9th and 29th regitrients' of foot, and thus covered the retreat of LABORDE' with the main body of the army, 'and' afterwards re tired himself in good* order, though with great lass. Here it Was that Colonels LAKE and STEWART fell. He was not, however, so fortunate on the 2 lst,neing made a p ris oner in the gallant charge of General FE - GUSON'S Brigade, which ' broke the enemy's right column, at the head of which BRENIERE fought. It is impossible here nut to notice some citcums. stairs connected with the capture of this O ffi cer. He surrendered himself, upon the, column giVing way, ,to Corporal Ross, of the '7lst regiment, and immediately pulled out his watch and Money, which, with his sword; epaulettes, and sash, he pressed upon his captor :-.-this zallant man, however, re lased every thing ,he was offered, brought tlie.Gene= ral in safety-to Colonel PACK, and delivered him up to that Officer. .. Ba ess ita is, in astonishment; could not help exclaimini---.‘ What sort of a man ." can Ihis be—he haii done toe the greatesi services— " has brought me heiesafeat the. risk of his life---, `', and yet refuses to take, from me all the reward I " can at present offer hint.!" To which Colonel PACK rather drily replied-'-", We ate British Sol " diers, Sir, and not • Phitid;sierS." Our Readers will be glad, however, to know that such conduct did not pass unrewarded ; as 'sootias Sir AUTHOR WELLESLEY was made acquainted with it, he i•tisised it as a favour from Colonel PA' Kto in,ll;. , •..imit a Ser.; ! Letters circular liave recently Veen transmitted jean:. on the field of battle (with whice the C..lonel - from the Archbishops of •Csserantrity - and YORK immediately complied), and gave from , his own tattle Bishops of their respective 'provinces, reytir-is pocket a handsome gratuity to this generons, fell w, ing a return of all Livings in their severall7;oce,es The conduct, on that :day, -of a cot:4in of _under the value of, tool. per annum, in order that, this identical Corporal Ross, ..who was Piper to. the the - same may be laid before the Privy Council prior same regiment, is too retharkabie to be passed over to the meeting of Parliament: . ' • • " in silence. As he pushed on in his ranks fighting Advices, we understand; have been received from bravely, his pipes being slung behind him .tor the the''province of Biscay to the 29th ult. The French present, he received a severe wound in the leg from at that time continued in possession of Bilboa.. Th e . a musket-ball—finding himself disabled, he delibe..- ' Spanish eorps, which retreated from that town when rately sat down on the ground, and' unstrapping his the former tit* entered, had received considerable, instrument, he called out Wept, -my bra' Lads; reinforcements"; and intended shortly to attack Atte , I can gang no farther wi'ye a fighting; but de'el ha' . enemy. ft was supposed, however, that the French my saul if ye sal want music ;" and immediately would previously evacuate the town. • began. playing his most warlike airs with his utmost A ". ,-.. .. t Captains AUSTEN, CHARLES zsDiM, L or d s.sgor,Qa might, and the greatest unconcern. We Shall only 1 STUART,, OSWALD, and BAKER, of the Navy, were add, that General BRENIERE has been brought to in tie ,e of bat tle England in the St. Albans - Man of \Var. General Ifi ld in the aaionS on the 17th and 21st ult. in Portu gal, whose ships Nt Mn. ere lying in o . - TntisAuta„ Chief of hid French Staff, was killed. in deco Bay. . . . the a&ion of the 21 st. In his pocket was found the ' prince LEOPOLDI BARBONI, the second son pf his French Order of Battle. Some mention has also Sicilian Majesty, arrived with a...numerotis suite at been made of a General BALISTER, but of hitn :we Gibraltar, • • sa on the 9th ult. in his. Majesty's ship nun - - know nothing. ••• • . dem', and is to proceed to Spain: The,Objea of - his General KELLERMAN, who was deputed by JuNor, journey is said to be to claim the Regency of Spain, to treat .for terms on which tosurrender •his amy, commanded the Reserve in the anion of the 21st.— at heir' t 6 the' Crown. . • . , -. : He it was who endeavoured to retake the cannon J'aimas Caostas., Esq. is ele6ted Mayor of•Wind taken by. General FERGUSON'S brigade, in a'desperate soy; for the ensuing year, Mr., AANDA7LL, l-IlZ,h' attack on the 71St and 82d te,gimetits, which were - Bailiff,' Mr. GRANTHAM, Utider Sheriff, and M. EGELSTON, JUStice of the Peace. halted in the valley where they had been lost. In. - 'this attempt, however, he was failed,' by a brit- Miss BOLTON, of 'Covent-Garden Theatre, has liant manoeuvre of the Commander ,in Chief, who, ' been engaged with 'the Liverpdol.Compa,ny this •sea- - sciu.:--Miss Sim . n has also been engaged at the same from his situation .on the high ground, seeing the place. disadvantage to which these corps would be attacked in . the vale, ordered them to retire to the. heights, JOHNSTONE is perforrnirig at Cork with great suc cess,' as May' naturally be expeeted frpm - his proles:- which they very reluaantly obeyed. Arrived there,. they halted, -; faced about, fired, and charged down P O P E merit, and the partiality.. of his country. —. POPE is' at the same Place --and he also is a .great fa the hill upon the enemy,' who had . by - this time vourite. Mrs. EDWIN and Miss WALSTEIN, both reached the low grounds, with such hnpetuosity and .of whom; according toreport, have Merits that en effe6t, as totally to defeat and oblige hielieto retire title them - to a high station on the Loudon boards, with great,loss, leaving the six pieces or cinnon tie- are also exerfing their talents very sucCessfrilly at - - 1 hind him. This Officer is the son of the celebrated Cork. - . , . . Marshal of the same, name . Oh arriving at the STEPHEN K EMBLE h as again started among ihe British Headstquarters on the if 2d, he did, not see m Candidates for the new - Patent .of the Edinburgh in the least cast down by the disastrous affairs of the Theatre. He is - at pres.entat Greenock; Where he f/tli and 21st, nor did lie shew the slightest feeling h as j ust inserted anew Theatre , which he has raised - or sympathy for the misfortunes of the tisany him- at his own expence. „ . :- . . , . dreds of his fellow soldiers who Were dead and dy- GENERAL Jistimer;--The Dublin Papers assert that ing of their . wounds all around. On dining at. the JUNOT is a native of Ireland, and one of them has General's table, to which 'of course he was invited, I published the' following notice respeaing him he seemed surprised at the hard biscuit ,which he found there, and said--." Faith, General, if I " That the' public may know the country and descent of thought you had been so badly provided, I would how conimaiidhig in i ro n rtu that noted and tyrannical Gen. lunot, alias I tilian, who is , hi 3 ga m ' Te F s i :f s D a tblln ris a h n a ttig th re i4 have brought you some fresh bread !"—This Officer t he vp,hi,;oc t within information under his far k,er, remained at the British Camp on the 24th, when gl sw 'c% a T s a l s a °sfi p i ro ti f a e ); 's s d o rof the same, lett this kingdom in the year the last advices came away. . . • indr- It% £ 79 2 went to France, where, from his toward and enterpris. 16 adverting to various anecdotes respeaing spirit, he has arrived from the rank of a private soldier co victuals in the British army, we desire distittafy to the taq6cd greatness he now possesses." To,„ 0 - ifow the several. priseners,,who stand fully be understood as not relating any with a View to in - commi t l e d for various felonies, in the different pri vidions comparison, but purely with a design of sons in the city of London and county of Middle commemorating all that has reached us upon this sex, will be removed to Newgate, preparatory to remarkable occasion. If we do not mention some their taking their trials at the ensuing - sessions, individuals, it is bacause we have not been so fortu- which commence on Wednesday riext, the 14th nate as to obtain any particulars respeaing them, on inst. at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey. a day when there Was scarcely a shade of difference conduct every Officer in theA firebioke out early.this morning in Chancery in the meritorious condu lane;near Holborn, which destroyed one house and fi - eld.. We -trust, therefore, that our silence, in any I greatly injured another. Happily no lives were lost, such case; will be attributed to want of information, but a consitlerable quantity (A . - property was con and to no other cause. ' smiled. -- The most prominent figure in this illustrious ....., ,eat this day is groupe is dctubtless the General, as well from . his CO4O-EXCHANGE, SEPT.EPT. 7•--- -heat rank as his responsibility; on him every thing . uncommenly short, and of the few sales made the turned—to his condo& every one looked—the good Prices are considered nontitial 5 Barley likewise, large exPeaed, and a reduction; White Pease are or the evil which might result froq.the Expeditionarrivals k . .en off at an advance; Beans of the twO was.referred to him, alone s----a concise 'view,. there- readily ta in ' fore, of the principal features of his short but irns kinds a trifle dearer 4 Pats are tolerable supply, porttit command, is impeeiously demanded from us. with and this trade is quoted some foreisn samples, . . Some leading faCts as to the state of the army, un•s' at little flisauation ; Flour fuliy supports last prices. der his command may ,perh aps answer our purpose I.VIII d it t o 62s a 7SS 3SS od Tick Ilekutt, o 57s 3 ace Ild I'l C e BBs a 9as oft, Oats ". IV S 6 Os a ace oss better thah any thing we eau say of himself.. . ' . Rye _ - 455 a scis ad Poland ChM) Os ao t c a Front the day that he, took the command to that Barley - ... on which he.resignedsit, ,but three desertions took M S place—those were all (Tom the sth battalion of the - od Goth, ' a rifle corpto,. aAd the parties were 19reigners '‘ Wh ite Pe - ase loos a 1 7 tos od dint: Flow . 1 , ,S A 7SS Oit gis a a 45S s od I IZ a ta e to i l et .. Frei ditto - s6S a 61s od Six o o fssa a 7os oil isms (Old) . 6cts A 6jS Cid ...oil-4;13;144,, 2 , -;Froiu the cbromeneement of the• march from ..IMboclego Hay to Vimiera there was hot a single pa= nisittnent inflicted for Straggling, Or plundeti evert to the minutk-st'arlicle. ' : . •'' • ' Every daptibriog that niarch eaCh..soldierhad a • pound of fresh meat, litid a-§utficiency of bread and wine fOi his comibrtatile subsistence; and on corn ing into aaion there was .soareely a. sick man in. thel flospitals of: the Camp, the s.i!liold arm being in such .-a state,,of, health and ,vigour, that they were .capable 61 any enterprise they could bt put Upon. •, :!:Poring• the whole of this period, Sir.ilaTnuft never went under. cover at night; but alwaYs slept on the ground in the 'open air-,-he was the first ups, find the. last down of the whole camp 7 - 7 sieeping cbtiitatitly* in .. his clothes, and hiS horse .picketed near. bhp ready saddled, to. be mounted at a mo;• Merit's Wirni i ng.. , . In the whole of this anxious period, he ;tits' cheerful, af'fatilei•. and - easy of access--enduring every privation .he was attentive to the wants of all, and ever wive to obviate or remedy . them. . - Of his dispositions. in the field -we have already spoken. In personal bravery he has been rarely egnalled, never excelled. Conspicuous by the - Star of the Order he adorns; he was congtantly in the hdtteit . part ,of the a6tion wherever a corps was . to be led on, from . the death of its Of fi cer, dr iiiry„ other unexpected cause, Sir ARTHUR was du the ~ p or to head it. This was the case distin'clly when Col, LAKa fell—he instantly put himself at the head of the grenadiers of the 2gth, charged, and defeated the enemy.! ,Is it .`wonderful . that. such h roan should be the idol of his soldiers, and the admiration of his brother Officers ? These sentitnents were Universdly shew 4 when he . was cheered by the whole line, after -the. action of the 21st, This glorhils day is our OLD General's ;"—and when, oa, being con- , gratolated by the General Officers on -the victory, they all eagerly, ascribed it to him as" EXCI.UIVELt 1,, 1115 OWN. : ,_ ~~~.r,i.i ~1 ;~ i~.~~